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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

This year I planted an entire packet of sweet basil, and I suppose the original idea was to thin out the starts as they got bigger. But, I didn't have the heart to pluck the little guys out, so I transplanted each one individually and ended up with about 80 basil plants.

I gave a lot of the plants to friends and family, but I still have loads, so needless to say, my freezer is filling with pesto, and we've been eating lots of basil-inspired meals.

Here are a couple of regular old pesto recipes, adapted from a book called Pestos! by Dorothy Rankin, and some of the ways we've been eating them.

This pesto made a nice addition to fresh pea soup; I added some extra olive oil to a couple of tablespoons of pesto and drizzled it over the soup. Another way to eat this is mixed into your favorite potato salad. (Sorry no pictures; I'm new to the blog world and haven't gotten used to photographing things as I go with later blog-posting in mind...I'll get the hang of it though, I hope.)